So we made our way to Mount Snow on Thursday. Did not get to sample any of
the skiing because we arrived a bit late in the evening. We hit Mt Snow (3rd
chair) Friday morning and fresh powder shots were still to be found. The
conditions were much better then we anticipated. The wind was blowing really
hard and and the temp was in the teens. When the lift lines started filling
we shot down to Haystack. No lift lines, slow lifts and plenty of fresh
shots with our names on them. I really did not realize how much fun haystack
can be with 2 feet of fresh. A wind hold in the am left the place empty and
new snow to be had. We finished the day skiing the glades with big smiles on
our faces. Its kind of weird trying to orient your self with the place using
ghost lifts as a reference. I imagine they will never run again but I think
its kind of funny.
Saturday we wanted to avoid the liftlines and get the most out of the recent
dump so we headed to the delapadated Magic Mountain. It was like a trip down
memory. They still have advertisements from the 1989-90 ski season hanging
and a big A** trail map hanging with the old trails east side trails still
being referenced. Nice snow and lots of fun in glades. Tons of fresh spots
still to be had. Magic only had the summit double running. The triple failed
the lift inspection and needs to be repaired and inspected before it can
send skiers to the top once again. The lift lines looked really long but in
reality at most it was a ten minute wait with a 15 minute ride to the
summit. All in all this place was fun but don't imagine it will be in
business much longer.
With the crowds south we decided to make a gamble to ski Stowe today. To our
delight when we awoke it was snowing and it was 5:30AM. We were on the hill
by 7:30 with the snow still falling. We made our was to the gondola base
with no ticket person in sight. We had to buy tickets at the quad base. Made
our way to the summit on the quad with the snow beating down. FOG on top led
to not so good visibility. Hit the toll road for first tracks and warm up
and made our way back to the gondolla on cross over(watch out for those
intersections). Ran the Cliff Trail to Nose Dive several times with some
sweet new snow cover. Then we hit a mix and match of the gondola trails then
headed to spruce. Spruce was great and this made us very happy. We made our
way to the PIG and did laps with no lines till about 1P. Some rocks and
grass very evident but nothing out of the ordinary for Big Spruce. We did
not even get yelled out for ducking ropes by the blue jackets. They looked
the other way.
All in all much fun.
DJ
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